This week was all about soft power as China sought to deepen its influence over Myanmar’s state media, travel between the countries got a boost, and Myanmar jade auctions moved overseas.
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Min Zin, a US citizen and the executive director of the Institute for Strategy and Policy (ISP-Myanmar), has been arrested by Chinese security forces in the southwestern city of Kunming, according to a report by The New York Times https://t.co/hzTiZ2V60o #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Myanmar’s rebranded regime has carried out nine massacres during its first two months in office, as military attacks on civilians continue unabated.
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Coup leader Min Aung Hlaing said Tues his govt will suppress illegal gold mining. He framed the move as environmental, but analysts say his aim is to cut off resistance funding. Photo: Resistance gold-mining site in Sagaing bombed by the junta in March / CJ #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Resistance forces on Wednesday seized the police station in Myit Chay in Magwe Region’s Pakokku Township after a month of atrocities by regime troops in the area, which lies within sight of the pagodas of the Bagan World Heritage site.
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Myanmar junta escalates forced conscription in Kalay, arbitrarily arresting young adults & sending them to military camps. A systematic roundup targeting civilians. #Myanmar#Junta#Conscription#HumanRights https://t.co/nrMg4MiYdT
The military regime has reportedly massacred more than 40 civilians including children, women and monks during a 20-day scorched-earth campaign in Magwe Region’s Pakokku Township within sight of the UNESCO heritage town of Bagan.
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The regime committed war crimes in Bago on March 5 when 28 civilians were killed in a raid and airstrike on Yae Twin Gone, Fortify Rights said in a report Tuesday. Photo: Detained villagers lie on the ground (left); detainees dig graves. / KNU, KPSN #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Workers at the state printing works complain of exhaustion as they are forced to print money nonstop to finance the bankrupt regime’s murderous military campaigns.
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Dr. Myint Mo Oo, the daughter of famous actor Kyaw Thu, has completed an 81-km running challenge in Sydney, Australia as part of the “81 for 81” campaign marking the upcoming 81st birthday of detained pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi on June 19.
The military regime has dropped more than 60 bombs on Mindat Township over the past three days as part of a major push into southern Chin State.
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The Arakan Army (AA) has seized nearly all outposts guarding the vital Taung Maw Oo naval base in Rakhine State’s Kyaukphyu Township, where the Myanmar military has stationed around 500 troops and is now forced to evacuate its senior officers.
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KIO spokesperson Naw Bu confirms the organization stands with the public, acknowledging & supporting strong opposition to the junta's Myitsone Dam project. "Oppose this issue as strongly as possible!" #MyitsoneDam#Kachin#Myanmar https://t.co/PuL68SDkgr
New rules force motorists to trade in older vehicles for EVs, boosting a market dominated by Min Aung Hlaing’s children amid fuel shortages and import restrictions.
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